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1970 FIM Motocross World Championship

Motocross championship season

Field	Value
title	1970 FIM Motocross World Championship
logo	[[File:Aberg.jpg	300 px]]
caption	1970 500cc World Champion Bengt Åberg from Sweden.
organizer	FIM
duration	12 April/9 August (500cc)
no_of_races	12 (500cc)
no_of_mfrs	6 (500cc)
champions_title	Champions
award1_title	500cc
award1_champ	SWE Bengt Åberg
award2_title	250cc
award2_champ	BEL Joël Robert
seasonslistnames	Motocross World Championship
prevseason_year	1969
prevseason_link	1969 FIM Motocross World Championship
nextseason_year	1971
nextseason_link	1971 FIM Motocross World Championship

The 1970 Motocross World Championship was the 14th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles.

Summary

Husqvarna factory-supported rider Arne Kring led the 500cc world championship points standings after the first nine rounds; however, he broke his back while competing in a non-championship race, forcing him to withdraw from the remaining races. Maico factory team rider Åke Jonsson posted consistent podium results and took the championship points lead going into the final round, but he failed to score any points at the season-ending Luxembourg Grand Prix, which allowed Bengt Åberg to overtake him and claim his second consecutive 500cc world championship for the Husqvarna factory racing team.

The Suzuki team hired the two top finishers in last year's 250cc World Championship, Joël Robert and Sylvain Geboers. The two Suzuki teammates dominated the 1970 championship with each rider claiming four Grand Prix victories apiece. As with the previous year, the championship wasn't decided until the final round in Austria, where Robert prevailed over his teammate by a slim two-point margin. In just the third Grand Prix race of his career, 21-year-old Husqvarna rider Torleif Hansen scored a surprising victory at the 250cc French Grand Prix. Heikki Mikkola, another Husqvarna rider, surged in the second half of the season to claim three of the final four Grand Prix races, finishing just one point behind third-placed Roger De Coster riding for the ČZ factory racing team. Robert's victory marked the first motocross World Championship for a Japanese manufacturer.

Grands Prix

500cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner
April 12	Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix	Payerne	Sweden Bengt Åberg	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Report
April 19	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Sittendorf	Sweden Bengt Åberg	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Report
May 3	Netherlands Dutch Grand Prix	Lichtenvoorde	Sweden Arne Kring	Sweden Christer Hammargren	Sweden Arne Kring	Report
May 10	France French Grand Prix	Vesoul	Sweden Arne Kring	Sweden Arne Kring	Sweden Arne Kring	Report
May 24	Finland Finnish Grand Prix	Ruskeasanta	Sweden Arne Kring	Sweden Arne Kring	Sweden Arne Kring	Report
May 31	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Västerås	Sweden Christer Hammargren	Sweden Jan Johansson	Sweden Christer Hammargren	Report
June 14	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Grand Prix	Holice	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Sweden Arne Kring	Sweden Arne Kring	Report
June 21	USSR Russian Grand Prix	Kharkiv	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Report
July 12	Germany West German Grand Prix	Beuern	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Germany Adolf Weil	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Report
July 26	East Germany East German Grand Prix	Apolda	Sweden Bengt Åberg	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Report
August 2	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	Belgium Roger De Coster	Sweden Åke Jonsson	Belgium Roger De Coster	Report
August 9	Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Germany Adolf Weil	East Germany Paul Friedrichs	Sweden Bengt Åberg	Report

250cc

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Overall Winner
April 12	Spain Spanish Grand Prix	Sabadell	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
April 19	France French Grand Prix	Pernes-les-Fontaines	CZE Miroslav Halm	Sweden Torleif Hansen	Sweden Torleif Hansen	Report
April 26	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Paal	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Report
May 10	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Orehova vas	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
May 24	Italy Italian Grand Prix	San Severino	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
May 31	USSR Russian Grand Prix	Lvov	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Report
June 7	Poland Polish Grand Prix	Szczecin	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Report
June 28	UK British Grand Prix	Bristol	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Belgium Joël Robert	Report
August 9	Finland Finnish Grand Prix	Hyvinkää	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Belgium Joël Robert	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Report
August 23	GDR East German Grand Prix	Gumpelstadt	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Belgium Sylvain Geboers	Report
August 30	Switzerland Swiss Grand Prix	Wohlen	Belgium Joël Robert	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Report
September 27	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Launsdorf	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Finland Heikki Mikkola	Report

Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. For the 250cc and 500cc final championship standings, the 7 best of 12 results are retained.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

500cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	CH
CH	AUT
AUT	NED
NED	FRA
FRA	FIN
FIN	SWE
SWE	TCH
TCH	USSR
USSR	GER
RFA	GDR
GDR	BEL
BEL	LUX
LUX	Points	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	1	88	2	80	3	77	4	60	5	59	6	55	7	50	8	40	9	35	10	28	11	21	12	18	13	15	14	13	15	12	16	11	17	10	10	10	20	10	21	8	22	8	23	7	24	5	5	5	27	5	28	4	4	30	4	31	3	3	3	34	2	2	2	37	1	1	1	1	-	0	Sources:
SWE Bengt Åberg	Husqvarna	1	2	1	2	2	29	4	15	5	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	2	1	-	8	4	2	2
SWE Arne Kring	Husqvarna	3	-	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	2	2	1	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
SWE Åke Jonsson	Maico	8	5	2	6	6	3	-	-	2	3	-	-	5	3	-	-	2	4	2	2	3	1	-	-
GDR Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	9	1	6	1	-	28	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	1	1	6	6	8	1	-	-	-	1
SWE Christer Hammargren	Husqvarna	6	6	4	9	1	9	3	23	3	6	1	4	7	5	-	-	9	5	7	-	10	-	3	4
RFA Adolf Weil	Maico	-	-	8	10	5	30	2	3	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	3	1	3	3	2	3	1	-
BEL Jeff Teuwissen	Husqvarna	4	3	10	8	4	2	5	2	-	5	2	5	4	22	-	-	4	7	-	-	6	-	-	-
CZE Otakar Toman	ČZ	-	-	5	7	10	20	7	4	-	-	8	7	21	10	3	2	7	10	6	5	-	6	-	-
BEL Jaak van Velthoven	Husqvarna	11	4	14	11	8	4	10	20	13	9	9	8	13	6	-	-	10	8	12	8	4	5	8	5
NED Gerrit Wolsink	Husqvarna	7	7	-	-	9	5	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	7	13	-	6	3
GDR Heinz Hoppe	ČZ	-	-	12	14	21	15	9	6	7	4	-	-	14	23	9	8	14	15	13	9	9	9	13	8
UK Vic Allan	Greeves	12	-	9	4	16	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	7	-	-	8	-	9	4	-	-	9	6
BEL Roger De Coster	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
RFA Willy Bauer	Maico	-	-	13	13	-	-	13	9	-	-	-	-	15	16	-	-	13	12	4	6	7	10	5	-
UK Keith Hickman	BSA	10	9	7	5	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	6	16	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
CZE Oldrich Hamrsmid	ČZ	-	-	-	-	24	21	6	10	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	11	-	-	-	-	11	7
USSR Vladimir Ovchinikov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UK Andy Roberton	AJS	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SWE Jan Johansson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SWE Jan Erik Sallqvist	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	4	-	24	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Arnis Angers	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	4	4	-	-	26	11	-	-	-	-
USSR Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	13	6	3	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-
BEL Willy van Loon	ČZ	-	-	-	15	15	10	12	22	-	-	-	9	22	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	7	12
NED Frans Sigmans	Greeves	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Mikhail Rastvortsev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BEL Gaston Rahier	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-
BEL Walter Van Den Broeck	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	9
CZE Vlastimil Válek	Jawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Antonin Klavinsh	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CZE Zdenek Strnad	ČZ	-	-	11	12	19	12	-	-	9	11	-	-	11	12	-	-	11	-	10	-	-	-	-	-
GDR Manfred Stein	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	17	14	-	-	-	-
NED Jo Keizer	ČZ	-	-	15	-	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	25	15	13	-	-	-	-
SWE Hasse Hansson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NED Pierre Karsmakers	ČZ	-	10	-	-	12	7	15	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SWE Hans Henriksson	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CZE Miroslav Halm	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CH Josef Loetscher	Montesa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10
FRA Joël Queirel	Husqvarna	15	11	-	-	-	-	24	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SWE Lars Nord	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GDR Helmut Schadenberg	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	10	10	-	-	20	17	-	-	-	-
UK John Banks	BSA	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

250cc

(Results in italics indicate overall winner)

Pos	Rider	Machine	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	BEL
BEL	YUG
YUG	ITA
ITA	USSR
USSR	POL
POL	UK
UK	FIN
FIN	GDR
GDR	CH
CH	AUT
AUT	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	1	96	2	94	3	74	4	73	5	70	6	43	7	42	8	35	9	31	10	26	11	17	12	13	13	12	14	10	15	10	16	7	17	7	18	6	19	5	5	21	5	22	4	4	4	25	3	3	3	3	29	2	2	2	32	2	2	34	1	1	1	1	1	-	0	0	0	Sources:
BEL Joël Robert	Suzuki	1	1	4	-	1	2	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	2	3	1	5	2	3
BEL Sylvain Geboers	Suzuki	2	3	12	2	2	1	5	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	4	1	1	-	2	3	-
BEL Roger De Coster	ČZ	8	4	2	4	3	3	-	7	2	-	-	-	2	2	3	2	4	5	4	2	3	4	7	2
FIN Heikki Mikkola	Husqvarna	10	12	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	6	2	9	-	-	5	6	1	2	-	-	2	1	1	1
CZE Miroslav Halm	ČZ	28	18	1	3	5	6	2	4	4	4	9	2	4	5	4	4	5	7	17	7	-	6	5	4
SWE Uno Palm	Husqvarna	13	11	6	9	-	-	7	5	6	5	3	-	3	3	13	-	6	9	7	-	5	3	9	-
SWE Olle Pettersson	Suzuki	5	8	7	6	10	4	9	6	12	8	4	8	-	-	6	-	12	6	8	4	6	7	6	5
SWE Torleif Hansen	Husqvarna	-	-	3	1	4	14	11	-	-	3	5	-	5	-	7	3	3	3	9	-	4	-	-	-
CZE Jiří Stodůlka	ČZ	7	7	13	-	8	9	12	8	8	10	17	4	6	6	-	15	-	-	5	10	8	8	10	-
USSR Vladimir Kavinov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	7	-	-	11	10	3	5	-	-	-	-
SWE Torsten Hallman	Husqvarna	6	2	5	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-
UK Malcolm Davis	AJS	4	5	11	7	21	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SWE Håkan Andersson	Husqvarna	-	-	9	8	-	-	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	17	7
UK Bryan Wade	Greeves	3	6	-	-	-	-	8	-	11	-	6	15	8	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Gennady Moiseyev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	-	-	6	9	4	-	-	8	-	6	16	-	-	-	-
BEL Gaston Rahier	ČZ	11	9	10	5	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CZE Karel Konecny	ČZ	17	15	14	10	-	16	-	-	9	11	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BEL Marcel Wiertz	Bultaco	27	10	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
BEL Jeff Teuwissen	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Viatcheslav Krasnotchekov	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GDR Helmut Schumann	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9
RFA Adolf Weil	Maico	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USSR Mikhail Rastvortsev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GDR Helmut Schadenberg	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	-	-	-	-
DEN Erling Rasmussen	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FIN Kalevi Vehkonen	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	8	12	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
GDR Heinz Hoppe	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	-	-
RFA Willy Bauer	Maico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-
POL Eugeniusz Straczek	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DEN Soren Lodal	ČZ	29	30	27	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FRA Jean-Claude Nowack	Husqvarna	20	25	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	11
USSR Pavel Rulev	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
FIN Jyrki Storm	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	15	10
USSR Anatoly Mandritchenko	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FRA Michel Combes	AJS	21	22	17	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	17	-	-	-	-
UK Dick Clayton	Greeves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CZE Vlastimil Hlous	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	9	-	-	-	-
SWE Bengt Arne Bonn	AJS	9	-	15	32	12	11	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GDR Paul Friedrichs	ČZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
BEL Jaak van Velthoven	Husqvarna	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UK Andy Roberton	AJS	-	-	16	11	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

"Championnat du monde 500cc - 1970". memotocross.fr.
"1970 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr.
"1970 500cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr.
"1970 250cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr.
"1970 250cc motocross world championship race winners". memotocross.fr.
"1970 500cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr.
"1970 250cc motocross world championship results". memotocross.fr.

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